Linux OEM Enablement Engineering Manager

Canonical; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Canonical's Device Delivery Team works with tier-1 OEM and ODM customers to pre-load Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Core, bringing Ubuntu directly to millions of users.

As a Software Engineering Manager you will lead and manage the software engineering team to deliver OEM enablement projects. This fast-paced environment requires excellent time management, deep knowledge of the Linux system, low-level debugging, critical thinking, problem-solving skills and management ability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM, preferably computer science or software engineering.
• Proven Linux track record, Ubuntu/Debian preferred.
• Commitment to development and testing methodologies, and maintainable code quality.
• Experience with management responsibilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to be productive in a globally distributed team through self-discipline and self-motivation.
• Commitment and energy to deliver on schedule.
• Strong English and Chinese language communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, motivate, mentor, and enable your team to succeed in delivering quality products.
• Set goals with the team; prioritize tasks, identify and measure team health indicators.
• Maximise the results of team members and support their career growth.
• Coordinate with project managers, HWE, QA and certification management.
• Monitor projects from kickoff to post-mortem and handle escalations.
• Communicate, understand, and resolve the technical challenge with OEMs, ODMs, SiPs, IHVs.
• Prioritize customer requests globally.
• Collaborate with product engineering teams (including Desktop, Foundations, Kernel, and Security).
• Provide leadership for methodologies, strategies, standards, tools, and best practices.
• Must be able to travel to the EU, USA, China, and Taiwan; (after covid-19 restrictions lift)

Skills

Linux expertise

Team management

Cross-team collaboration

Bilingual (English/Chinese)

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Tools

QEMU/KVM

LXC/LXD

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Canonical's Device Delivery Team works with tier-1 OEM and ODM customers to pre-load Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Core, bringing Ubuntu directly to millions of users.

As a Software Engineering Manager you will lead and manage the software engineering team to deliver OEM enablement projects. This fast-paced environment requires excellent time management, deep knowledge of the Linux system, low-level debugging, critical thinking, problem-solving skills and management ability.